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Pre-finals comedy show to feature several acts

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… pre-finals comedy show is set for Dec. 6. KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University students can enjoy a comedy show ahead …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/11775

City to begin Howard Street sidewalk development project

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… sidewalk along the east side of Howard Street between West Michigan Avenue and Stadium Drive. Though northbound Howard …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63696

Alumna preserving the past while creating her own legacy

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… for youth in her own right. Sonya Bernard-Hollins A Western Michigan University alumna, Bernard-Hollins came across … World Through the Lens of Merze Tate,” which opened at the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame in Lansing, Michigan, in February 2011. And in 2019, she wrote a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67068

Virginia (Robinson) Sorenson obituary

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… in education and professional development at Western Michigan University, died Nov. 7, 2016 . She was 90. … school principal and K-12 curriculum coordinator for Michigan's Wyoming Public Schools. Sorenson earned …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39378

WMU earns its sixth consecutive 'military friendly' designation

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… most Military Friendly Schools KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University has been named one of the nation's most … Media launched the annual assessment six years ago. As Michigan's school of choice for the largest number of … Affairs. In 2012, WMU and its partner schools, Kellogg Community College and Kalamazoo Valley Community College, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19401

Annual Concerto Concert highlights accomplished music students

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… left, and Sims KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The winners of Western Michigan University's Concerto Competition will be featured … program. Jordan Curry Jordan Curry resides in West Olive, Michigan. He began playing violin at the age of 6 using the … Ann Camp. A graduate of West Ottawa High School in Holland, Michigan, Curry continued to play violin and study music …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39299

Western students engage with state legislators at environmental policy town hall

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… her environmental policy course, giving upper-level Western Michigan University students the opportunity to lobby … water infrastructure funding and community solar during the Michigan Environmental Policy Town Hall on Dec. 6 , pitching … students as well as constituents," Keele says. "My biggest goal is to open students up to the experience, (teach …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66596

WMU faculty invited to submit South Asia Grant proposals

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Submitted by Korey Force on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University faculty members across disciplines are … a South Asia focus. The awards are part of the Southwest Michigan Education Initiative on the East Indian Ocean being … come up across disciplines," Tabor says. "The Southwest Michigan Education Initiative on the East Indian Ocean's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/39741

Trustees evaluate WMU president, laud his accomplishments

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—At its Dec. 12 meeting, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees unanimously approved a … contribution to other public institutions in the state of Michigan by   providing the template for Title IX guidelines and policy development, and hosted Michigan first lady Sue Snyder's summit to end campus sexual …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/12/50809

WMU Music Professor Emerita Phyllis Rappeport, 90, passes away

Irving S. Gilmore School of Music

… as a child. She passed away unexpectedly in her Kalamazoo, Michigan, home on January 9, 2020, at the age of 90. Her … Opera Players of New York. Prior to joining the Western Michigan University music faculty in 1966, she taught at … in Kalamazoo. In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested a memorial contribution to one of the groups Phyllis …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57511